Section 25Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth)

‑1  What this Division is about

This Division sets out some amounts you can deduct. Remember that the general rules about deductions in Division 8 (which is about general deductions) apply to this Division.

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Operative provisions

25‑5 Tax‑related expenses

25‑10 Repairs

25‑15 Amount paid for lease obligation to repair

25‑20 Lease document expenses

25‑25 Borrowing expenses

25‑30 Expenses of discharging a mortgage

25‑35 Bad debts

25‑40 Loss from profit‑making undertaking or plan

25‑45 Loss by theft etc.

25‑47 Misappropriation where a balancing adjustment event occurs

25‑50 Payments of pensions, gratuities or retiring allowances

25‑55 Payments to associations

25‑60 Parliament election expenses

25‑65 Local government election expenses

25‑70 Deduction for election expenses does not extend to entertainment

25‑75 Rates and land taxes on premises used to produce mutual receipts

25‑85 Certain returns in respect of debt interests

25‑90 Deduction relating to foreign non‑assessable non‑exempt income

25‑95 Deduction for work in progress amounts

25‑100 Travel between workplaces

25‑110 Capital expenditure to terminate lease etc.

25‑115 Deduction for payment of rent from land investment by operating entity to asset entity in relation to approved economic infrastructure facility

25‑120 Transitional—deduction for payment of rent from land investment by operating entity to asset entity

25‑125 COVID‑19 tests

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